(palimpsests). In the XIII-XV centuries in

which is carried out by the printing

and 12 thousand Georgian manuscripts

Since manuscripts are subject to deterioration

Preserved about 300 thousand.

the spread of parchment.

"Julia's Garland" (fr. Guirlande de Julie)

multiplies (see also article

Libraries of the Carolingian era). IN

from lat. manus - "hand" and scribo - "I write") [1]

and was erased, and on cleaned

55 thousand Greek, 30 thousand Armenian

Europe, and in Ancient Russia

which is carried out by the printing

55 thousand Greek, 30 thousand Armenian

manuscripts underwent in the Middle

then only a few have reached us

commonly associated with

new texts were rewritten

Western Europe also formed

European glory, and even after

Libraries of the Carolingian era). IN

Century to a kind of destruction:

handwritten books were made,